First, the free student memberships are only available to Americans through a grant Bookshare received from the United States Department of Education. They are not available to all student members. This program is apart and separate from the Library eBook Accessibility Program that Overdrive offers to its libraries.
If a library is currently using the Overdrive service, it merely needs to contact its Overdrive representative and request that Leap be added to its account. There is no additional cost to the library, but it must opt in., Once this happens, library cardholders then request from their local library the Bookshare membership. If a library refuses to join LEAP, then it needs to find another means to deliver accessible e-books to blind and disabled people or face being sued. Overdrive is not fully accessible and public libraries must deliver accessible services under law. Kelly On 8/12/14, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: > I believe you would have to be a student to get the free Bookshare > membership through the public library, but don't quote me. Contact your > local library or go to its website. My library's Overdrive portal has a link > that says something like: "free membership for the visually impaired." > > HtH, > Teresa > > "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing > with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > >> On Aug 12, 2014, at 11:18 AM, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." >> <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: >> >> How does one go about, or how does one's library go about, getting this >> free Bookshare membership? Thanks. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Kelly Pierce >> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 5:49 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: How accessible is overdrive >> >> the company recognizes the accessibility issues with Overdrive and its >> limitations on fixing them, as it relies on software and coding from third >> parties. For this reason, Overdrive offers free Bookshare memberships to >> patrons of libraries who opt in to this program at no additional cost to >> the library. >> >> Kelly >> >> >> >>> On 8/4/14, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> I used Overdrive when Beta Testing for RNIB and did not like Overdrive >>> on the Mac or for the I Phone. I'd search for an Author and it would >>> come up with something else. Just hope they improve it soon. >>> >>> Kawal. >>> >>>> On 4 Aug 2014, at 09:52 am, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Overdrive is accessible enough to use, but it is not the most >>>> straight forward for VO. I think, in fact, the whole overdrive system >>>> is not really blind user friendly, and that is with my experience >>>> from all sort of different overdrive related apps, eiter on the >>>> destop or mobile apps setting. >>>> Again, it is accessible enoug for screen reader, but it require alot >>>> of patient and navigation and orientation for it. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Joanne >>>> >>>>> On 07/06/2014, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> Where I live, many of the books are also accessible with Kindle. >>>>> I've pretty much switched to it, because audiobooks were not >>>>> playable on iOS or the Mac when I tried it, and braille was >>>>> extremely unstable and made the app crash for me. I haven't checked >>>>> it out in over a year, so this may have changed. >>>>> >>>>> Teresa >>>>> >>>>> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, >>>>> it's too dark to read."--Groucho Marx >>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:50 AM, David Chittenden >>>>>> <dchitten...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, the app is accessible. However, it is regularly necessary to >>>>>> explore the screen. just flicking does not always access >>>>>> everything. >>>>>> >>>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 6 Jun 2014, at 22:16, Sandratomkins >>>>>>> <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> I am asking on behalf of a friend because my local libraries are >>>>>>> not part of this scheme. My friend is an iPhone user and lives in >>>>>>> Australia. >>>>>>> She >>>>>>> is wanting to use the overdrive app to access books from her local >>>>>>> library. However, she tells me she finds it difficult to use it >>>>>>> seems inaccessible. 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